SERB Sponsored School in Evolutionary Biology 2018
http://school2019.serbevolschool.in/home ;
<http://school2019.serbevolschool.in/home>
12–26 March 2019
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR),
Jakkur, Bengaluru 560 064, India
Evolution provides the overarching framework for organizing our understanding
of biological phenomena at multiple structural levels and spatio-temporal
scales. As such, evolutionary biology is more of a perspective or
weltanschauung on the living world rather than a sub-discipline of biology.
Unfortunately, despite the centrality of evolution to all thinking in biology,
evolutionary biology remains neglected in the Indian context although research
in many areas, not traditionally thought to be within the ambit of evolutionary
biology, would greatly benefit from an evolutionary perspective.
The first school in evolutionary biology in the country, sponsored by SERB,
will be conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research, Bengaluru. The school aims to provide participants with an
introduction to the historical development of evolutionary thought and the
various ecological, genetic, and developmental aspects of the evolutionary
process. The school will also provide an introduction to formal evolutionary
theory and statistical methods for the analysis of evolutionary data.
Please do circulate this information among those who may be interested.
Who can apply
Masters / Ph.D. scholars, postdoctoral researchers and young faculty members in
India may apply here on or before 31st December 2018. Selected participants
will be provided 3-tier AC train fare and local hospitality. There is no
registration fee for this school.
The application form can be found here <https://goo.gl/v8Wa39>.
For any queries, please email Prof. T.N.C. Vidya (tncvidya.lab@xxxxxxxxx).
Instructors
Confirmed teaching faculty:
Mewa Singh <http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/psychology/faculty/dr-mewa-singh>
(University of Mysore)
R. Uma Shaanker
<https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39950291_R_Shaanker>
(UAS, Bengaluru)
Milind Watve <http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~milind/wordpress/> (IISER, Pune)
K. N. Ganeshaiah
<http://bsienvis.nic.in/writereaddata/Dr_K_N_%20Ganeshaiah_7-10-13.pdf> (UAS,
Bengaluru)
L. S. Shashidhara <http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~ls.shashidhara/> (IISER, Pune)
Krushnamegh Kunte <https://www.ncbs.res.in/faculty/kunte> (NCBS, Bengaluru)
Amitabh Joshi <https://sites.google.com/view/ebl-jncasr/home> (JNCASR,
Bengaluru)
T. N. C. Vidya <http://www.jncasr.ac.in/tncvidya/> (JNCASR, Bengaluru)
Sutirth Dey
<https://sites.google.com/a/acads.iiserpune.ac.in/sdlab/pbl-iiser-p> (IISER,
Pune)
N. G. Prasad <https://www.ngprasad.com/> (IISER, Mohali)
K. Praveen Karanth <http://ces.iisc.ac.in/new/?q=user/34> (CES, IISc.,
Bengaluru)
R. Geeta <http://people.du.ac.in/~rgeeta/> (Delhi University)
H. A. Ranganath <http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P06-1421> (IISc., Bengaluru)
Kavita Isvaran <http://ces.iisc.ac.in/new/?q=user/37> (CES, IISc., Bengaluru)
Confirmed invited speakers:
Uma Ramakrishnan <https://www.ncbs.res.in/faculty/uma> (NCBS, Bengaluru)
Renee Borges <http://ces.iisc.ac.in/new/?q=user/30> (CES, IISc., Bengaluru)
B. J. Rao <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._J._Rao> (IISER, Tirupati)
Topics
The school will include teaching lectures, practicals and a few guest lectures
on specific topics. The full syllabus and the schedule will be up at the
website in the near future. Listed below are some of the topics to be covered
in the school:
historical development of evolutionary thought
conceptual structure of evolutionary theory
basic population and quantitative genetics
phylogenetics and phylogeography
cytogenetics and evolution
evolution of competitive ability
speciation
altruism and social evolution
socioecological theory and evolution of social organization
sexual selection and sexual conflict
coevolution
mimicry
experimental evolution
applications of evolutionary biology
